Christian Nestell Bovee

“Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.”

“Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.”

“Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.”

“The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.”

“The great artist is a slave to his ideals.”

“Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.”

“Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.”

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.”

“It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.”

“Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.”

“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.”

“Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.”

“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.”